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Why would anybody in district 3 vote for Ashley Smith-Juarez?

Why would anybody in
District 3 vote for Ashley Smith-Juarez?

Mrs. Smith-Juarez is a big fan of school
choice. Though for a lot of us who follow education issues, we know school
choice is just another way for privatization.

She won’t tell you
this but kids that use vouchers and go to charter schools as a group don’t have
any better education outcomes. I bet she never mentions the charter school
scandals that hit the papers weekly either. School choice takes public money
and puts it in private hands that aren’t required to have the same
accountability or oversight that public schools have.

Regardless about how
you feel about the issue I would like you to think about this.

I would be very concerned if I lived in district 3 and she won. Some of the best
schools in the entire state are there and privatization; because those schools
will lose resources will hurt those schools. Sure live in district 5 and say,
lets roll the dice on school choice, some of the schools there are struggling,
but in 3??? Those schools are rocking. Why would anybody want to do anything
that would jeopardize those schools or vote for anybody who would?

Ashley Smith-Juarez is the wrong choice, we need
representatives that want to improve our schools not blow them up.